Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Ten Million

Earlier today, this blog passed a pretty substantial milestone in that it surpassed ten million page views. When I started this thing up, I had no idea it would be as popular as it's turned out to be. I actually started writing captions simply as a writing experiment - I wanted to learn to write with more brevity, so I figured that limiting myself to what I could fit onto a caption would serve to enhance that particular skill. In that respect, I think it's been a rousing success.

As a Photoshop artist, though, is where I've made the biggest strides. When I started, I would spend hours on a single picture to achieve a result that was, at best, bad. At worst, it was laughably bad. But I kept at it, and over the past couple of years, I've become proficient enough that I'm actually more proud of my Photoshop work than I am of my writing. At times, it borders on photorealism, which was my goal all along.

But the thing that I'm most proud of is that this site is more than simple masturbation fodder. Sure, it IS that, but it's more. The comments I've gotten, the emails you all have sent me...they tell me that some of my captions and stories have reached you on an emotional level. That's no small feat when you're dealing in glorified porn. So for that, I think you all. You've given me the motivation to put my thoughts, feelings, and emotions into these silly, little captions. And the results are something I feel I can be proud of.

So thank you. Hopefully, the next ten million views will accumulate even more quickly.

I love your blog site and your themes. I often refer guys in transition to it. But, I have trouble with a lot of your texts. I cant get them large enough to read. Can you do what u did above, put your texts next to the photos so the texts can be enlarged?

I understand that some people have issues with reading the text. Usually, it's my fault for choosing a bad font or trying to fit too much into a single caption. However, it's an issue that's easily solved by clicking "open in new tab" and then zooming in to read the text. I hope that helps.

Thank you for all of your hard work. It is always a pleasure to see a new addition on your page. They are wonderful and you put something up often. You have earned every accolade and also every bit of pride in your work. I hope to see your work for a long time to come.